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"Aye," says Skipper. "They're the guardians of our fair country's coast. If we let them down, we let the whole of Mossflower down! But the thing is is gettin' these shrews t' believe that."

"Heh, I'm on yer side, Skippy, but this lot's got a differnt idear, methinks!" Blandy tosses the applecore away into the stream and watches it bob as it floats away with the current.